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Besides, sometimes it’s inevitable for the past to be forgotten, especially if the present is no less horrific;
“For if the modern mind is whimsical and discursive, the classical mind is narrow, unhesitating, relentless. It is not a quality of intelligence that one encounters frequently these days. But though I can digress with the best of them, I am nothing in my soul if not obsessive.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
“What kind of monsters deserved such treatment, such rage and contempt? Vampires, yes, but also the bastard sons, the unbaptized ones, the inhabitants of other regions, the sodomites and those careless souls who allowed a black cat to jump over their dead bodies. In short: anyone. Anyone could be considered a monster. And monsters were assassinated with impunity. Didn’t you know? Didn’t we all know? The grownups who hushed themselves to protect the children; the children who, without knowing how, discovered they were not safe from the darkness and death?”
― The Route of Ice and Salt
― The Route of Ice and Salt
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”
― The Writing Life
― The Writing Life
“The day is hot, the mind empty, the leaves motionless, the body and soul, too. We try to give meaning to what we see.”
― Three Summers
― Three Summers
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